All About AI
Those accustomed to “chatting” with AI will know which manuscripts are truly the product of human thought, and which are obviously written by robots.
Jakarta (ANTARA) - It feels utterly boring when one stumbles upon an intriguing topic on social media, reads it, ponders for a moment, and then realises it is an AI-generated piece, an imitation of intelligence.
Such instances are often found in threads, vertical short videos, or even mere captions. It feels empty. Robotic writing is very different from human writing. Imitation intelligence lacks soul, so their creations have no life in them.
Even if the message conveyed is indeed true, supported by AI’s constantly updated knowledge, or even layered with Google’s endless data like Gemini. But at that point, the human thinking process stops.
By nature, AI is a human aid, not a substitute for thinking. Sam Altman, one of the founders of OpenAI, did not launch the Generative Pre-trained Transformer just once and then let the imitation intelligence, familiarly known as GPT, develop and evolve on its own. Altman and his team continue to think about developing the latest version of ChatGPT.
Meanwhile, Elon Musk did not create Grok to advance the SpaceX project or develop the latest series of Tesla vehicles. Instead, Musk and his team are the ones who keep thinking about how to develop Grok, so that it can be embedded in the head of Optimus, Tesla’s humanoid robot.
But conversely, AI paired with laziness in thinking will gradually dull the reasoning that is the hallmark of human intelligence.
And that is what is now often seen in the online world.
AI responses always follow patterns. Those accustomed to “chatting” with AI will know which manuscripts are truly the product of human thought, and which are obviously written by robots. Make friends with various types of AI as much as possible, and eventually you will know the difference yourself.
Worse still, the pampering facilities from AI do not stop at social media content, but have extended to the institution called the Fourth Pillar of Democracy: the mass media.
Not wrong. Absolutely not wrong. Using AI in any job is akin to a civil engineer using a calculator to compute building precision. Or like a photographer handing over to the camera’s “auto” mode to align focus, aperture, ISO, and speed, so they can concentrate on the best angle and timing.
The New York Times, one of the major media outlets in the United States, has now created an AI Agent. An AI Agent is an advanced level from ordinary AI, where they can think and act independently without needing initial information or commands from humans.
For the New York Times, the AI Agent on their portal functions like the Google search engine, but the sources are all verified and credible official news.
The Press Council is also not left behind by the times through the regulation on Guidelines for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Journalistic Works. This means that imitation intelligence is truly not prohibited from being used. Apni Jaya Putra, the author of the book AI Disruption: When Journalism is Hijacked by Algorithms, has even delved into the intricacies between AI and mass media and implemented AI in his media channels.
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